Have a POTATO Day!

Why? You ask.  Why not.  Because there is a lot of learning you can do with potatoes.  Here are some activities that I had fun sharing with little man and his one year old buddy!

1. Play hot potato.  Old but goodie.  I sat the little one on my lap and she helped me pass a ball back and forth to little man.  The giggles and squeels were awesome!



2.  One Potato, Two.  Sing a hand-rhyme.

One Potato, Two

One potato, two potato, three potato, four
Five potato, six potato, seven, potato, more
Eight potato, nine potato, ten potato, then
Let’s start over and do it again.

(pound your right fist on your left fist and then left over right- repeat to rhythm of poem)
 
Source....

3.  Color Mr. Potato Head or play with Mr. Potato Head toy.  Name the different parts: eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet, etc.

printable

 

 

4. Spud observations:  Take out an actual potato. 

Let your little one observe and feel the different texture of the potato. 

Talk about it and where it grows. 

What do they see on the potato? 

If they are old enough, they can draw their observations.

 

5. Potato Painting

I cut an old potato in half and let little man paint with it.  He enjoyed this activity.  We were focusing on the color red this week, so I gave him red paint.  Then he asked for yellow and being he asked nicely.. yellow he got. 

 

 

More ideas..

*Roll Mr. Potato Head Game and printable.
*Magnetic Mr. Potato Head with printable.
*Potato activities from Make Learning Fun.

And then we have couple of funny potato posts from this blog...

Over-baked potato!

Mr. Potato Head

 

 

 

 

Any more fun potato ideas for little ones?

Jen

 

Thank you to Church House Clipart for the cute potato image!

The Letter Ss Activites: Part 2

Sensory fun with Snakes with a Sssss sound and letter focus!

And now the reveal from our Ss painting project....

And one more surprise.....

A poem that I wrote for our little ones to enjoy!

           Five Silly Snakes 

Five silly snakes sliver by the shore,

Out jumps a bear and then there are... four.

Four silly snakes sliver by a tree,

Our jumps a skunk and then there are... three.

Three silly snakes don't know what to do,

One slithers away and then there are... two.

Two silly snakes laugh and have some fun,

Out jumps a fox and then there is... one.

One silly snake is feeling all alone,

Until he sees the other snakes

Have slithered...

All the way home!

Have a SUPER day!

Jen



The Baby Times! 3rd Edition

Welcome back to The Baby Times! This week, Sunshine shares a finger play using a puppet with our little man. Getting the kids involved with the baby seems to help with feelings of jealousy. It helps them to bond and to feel part of taking care of him. Enjoy the simple finger play- Ten Little Bunnies!




Other ideas for counting finger plays-

Ten little bumble bees go BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ!(bumble bee puppet?)

Ten little bubbles go POP,POP,POP! (blow bubbles for your little one)

The book pictured below looks super cute! Haven't read it yet, but it looks like it would tie in nicely with this activity.

"One little bunny drumming.......Boom! Boom!"

Enjoy your Tuesday with your little ones!

Jen

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